Better without .mac than with it

One would think that if ANY server would allow iWeb files to display correctly, dot.Mac's would first. Yes, there's better slideshow implementation - but first I'd just like iWeb files to display the way I built 'em - with rollover links showing in the correct colors, typography not wrapping inside boxes because of padding (type that looks fine in iWeb, that is), etc.
When publishing to .mac, iWeb also stops displaying the progress clocks next to each site after the first upload. Try and quit iWeb, and I'll see a warning dialog box about the dangers of quitting during publishing. Only way to make them reappear is to quit and restart.
After the fun & games we've had with the random duplication (requiring HAND-deleting, yes you read right: by hand) of over 3,000 Address Book entries and 1,700 Safari bookmarks, this is one dot.Mac user that is going to let that puppy EX-PIRE.

And you think that you will have a maintenance free experience with any shared server? Everything needs massaging once in a while.
I left Network Solutions and CrystalTech shared servers for iWeb. Why? I really do not need to spend $200 plus a year on Coldfusion or PHP/ MySql server space. My experience with both companies was excellent but on occasion I did have problems with the database servers. That's why you back up everything. So nothing is fail safe. My .Mac experience has been awesome.
iWeb and .Mac does have it's own issues .... but that is the nature of web design. Try designing a complex site only to have it break in Internet Explorer. Or try designing a 500 line script only to find out that it crashes because you forgot a ; .
The simplicity of iWeb and .Mac sometimes is it's weakness. I am a professional web designer and I have to say I am impressed with what you can do with the product. It's not perfect, but like designing on any server, there are fixes and ways around any problem.
And most of the time the problem is not with the product.
Sometimes things get buggy. That's true in any pc work platform. Most users have great experiences with Apple products. And when they hit a bump, they figure it out. That's the fun of computing.
There are many reasons why what you design may not look the same way when you render it in a browser. Padding issues are common even with hand-coding. Colors may look totally different on different computer screens. You are dealing with many different graphics cards. PC are always darker than Macs. Web design is about compromise. Getting your design as close to what you want as you can. It's not possible to make it perfect.
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    Date : 02/02/2015 - 06:45 (GMTST)
    To : [email protected]
    Subject :  why is elements better at photomerge than CC- CC does not appear to automatically fill image based on content but elements does when merging a panorama. Also the stitching is visable in CC but almost perfect in elements- why?
        why is elements better at photomerge than CC- CC does not appear to automatically fill image based on content but elements does when merging a panorama. Also the stitching is visable in CC but almost perfect in elements- why?
        created by station_two in Photoshop General Discussion - View the full discussion
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